Day 3: Rise of the Mass Media

The Rise of the Mass Media
- Group Read: Randle, A historical overview of the effects of new mass media
  - Determining cause and effect -- what has happened to the magazine industry?
- The effects of television -- Media Coverage Video
  - What is "public opinion" and why should the media reflect public opinion?
  - What does the speaker mean by the "elite orientated nature of reporting" and "elite agendas?"
  - Think about the example of the health care system -- how is the public opinion ignored in this story?
  - Think about the example of traffic congestion -- what happens when polls fail to ask people about why they support particular issues?
- Example of 2014 election

Public Opinion	Elite Interests
Economic Growth Health Insurance Jobs/Income Educational System	Crime We have many jobs Government have signed agreements with other countries but we don't see the growth Horribly bad, according to the government and the are changing it

Beginning to Brainstorm Ideas for Your Essay and Project
- Example Projects
  - Remixed American Sniper Trailer
  - Social Media Presentation
- Gathering resources with Diigo
  - Download the Diigo Browser for Apple or app for Android
  - Overview video
  - Begin to collect and annotate sources

For tomorrow, Day 4: Thur, 5/28/2015: Development of the internet

No journal prompt, but please continue to brainstorm ideas for your essay
- Read: Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid? -- read the parts marked with DocentEDU and provide comment
- View: Shirky: Institutions vs. Collaboration (21 min) -- we will watch together in class, too, but preview if you have time